• NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    With even email clients and web browsers running arbitrary and untrusted remote code on a regular basis, that model needs serious reconsideration.

    This xkcd shouldn’t still be insightful. https://xkcd.com/1200/

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      2 months ago

      Maybe its time to rethink desktop security. I realize that there is credential manager on windows, keychain on mac, and similar on gnu/linux; even with that it seems for a lot of services “all” you need to do is steal a cookie and all of a sudden you are someone else.

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        2 months ago

        Idea of using a web browser for a platform was dumb enough and the reason why none of the keys were stored in appropriate services.